Bobby Cervanteshttp://www.newsbusters.org/taxonomy/term/11563/0
enPolitico Providing Meal Suggestions as Cory Booker Takes the Bogus 'Food Stamp Challenge'http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tom-blumer/2012/12/05/politico-providing-meal-suggestions-cory-booker-takes-bogus-food
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker is considered a rising star in Democratic Party politics. Though a doctrinaire liberal on many fronts, he possesses several positive traits, including a willingness to <a href="http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/04/13/11175993-newark-mayor-cory-booker-helps-save-neighbor-from-fire-i-felt-terror?lite">risk his own safety</a> when he sees people in danger and the courage to call out <a href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/05/booker_criticizes_obama_campai.html">his fellow party members</a> when they irresponsibly bash private-equity firms which, while occasionally making mistaken investments, have a far better track record of success than, say, the Department of Energy's solar plays.</p>
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That makes it all the more disappointing that Booker, like so many other leftist politicians before him, is cynically taking the bogusly designed "Food Stamp Challenge." Such an idea isn't necessarily bad, as it has the potential for helping people make wiser, more nutritious and economical food choices. But to the left that's not the point. Instead, their mission is to convince the public that benefits are too low and that the numbers of those participating in the program need to increase. To achieve their aims, advocates make a fundamentally dishonest claim about benefit levels. And in a unique twist, the Politico appears to have proactively attempted to become part of the false message.</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:49:27 +0000Tom Blumer56920 at http://www.newsbusters.org